See text Arcinella Oken, 1815 (non Schumacher, 1817: non-binomial)[1] Cardites Lamarck, 1801 (non Link, 1807: nomen rejectum)[2] Herterocarda (lapsus)[3] Heterocarda Rafinesque, 1815[4] Jesonia Gray, 1847 (non Gray, 1840: nomen nudum)[5] Mytilicadia (lapsus)[3] Mytilicardes (lapsus)[3] Mytilicardia Herrmannsen, 1847[5] Mytilicardita Anton, 1838[5] Cardita is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Carditidae.

When this homonymy was realised, Megerle in 1811 re-described Link's genus Cardites as Cardita.

Megerle's action resulted in four technically valid names which formed two mutual pairs of homonyms.

The matter was ultimately resolved by starting with the oldest name – that of Bruguière – and applying it as intended, and suppressing Lamarck's name so that Link's junior homonym could be used for Cardites.

In addition to the numerous junior synonyms, Byssomera – a junior synonym or subgenus of Carditamera – has sometimes been written as a subgenus of Cardita, due to its type species having been synonymised from Cardita (Byssomera) affinis to Carditamera (Byssomera) affinis.